Up in Smoke or Rapid Recovery Handbook

Up in Smoke: From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics

Author: Martha A Derthick

About the Author


Martha Derthick retired in 1999 from the Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia, where she was the Julia Allen Cooper Professor. She is the author of numerous books on American government, including: Dilemmas of Scale in America's Federal Democracy (editor, 1999); Agency Under Stress: The Social Security Administration in American Government (1990); The Politics of Deregulation (with Paul J. Quirk, 1985); and Policymaking for Social Security (1979), which won the Kammerer Prize of the American Political Science Association as the best book of the year on American public policy. Before going to the University of Virginia, she was for twelve years a member of the Governmental Studies Program of the Brookings Institution, and was the program's director between 1978 and 1983. She has also taught at Dartmouth College, Stanford University, Harvard University, and Boston College.

Professor of American Politics, Boston College - Thomas P. ONeill, Jr.

"Here is a fascinating, well-written case study that introduces the reader to a brave new political world of ambitious state attorneys general, ingenious and fabulously wealthy tort lawyers, crusading regulators, and, of course, scheming tobacco executives. Just as importantly, it forces us to ask whether current efforts to exorcise the demon tobacco have weakened our commitment to self-government."

Rhodes College - Stephen Wirls

"After reading only the first few chapters, I was convinced that this was certainly one of the most politically dense and rich events in the last few decades. Although the policy problem, regulating the production and sale of cigarettes, seems simple and readily comprehensible, the attempts to address it raise an almost unbelievable number of exciting and serious issues in constitutional government and democratic politics."

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Rapid Recovery Handbook: Your Complete Guide to Faster Healing After Surgery

Author: Elizabeth Motyka

The ultimate guide to maximizing the body's ability to heal for anyone who is planning for or recovering from surgery, injury or pregnancy.

By understanding the body's marvelous ability to repair and rebuild itself, we can prepare and fine–tune our bodies to optimize our healing potential post surgery. THE RAPID RECOVERY HANDBOOK will provide an understanding of the healing process and the essential tools to make sure self–healing mechanisms are in top working order, covering every repair–related detail a patient needs to know from the planning–for–surgery period through the late stages of recovery at home. Written for a variety of patients dealing with a wide scope of surgeries and injuries, THE RAPID RECOVERY HANDBOOK reveals three practical factors that account for the individualized nature of recovery: nutrition and botanical support (the primary way to prepare for surgery and to enhance healing from injury), physical support (including such beneficial therapies as massage, acupuncture, Reiki, hydrotherapy and others) and mind–body support (including hypnosis and mindful breathing to address the stress response). Complete with a foreword by Dr. Mehmet Oz, the book also has several appendices for lay and science–savvy readers alike.